Does the type of baptism water make any difference?

@aureliah (24326)

Kenya

November 25, 2018 1:38pm CST

So today I decided that my son and I would go swimming. A few minutes into us dipping into the pool, two buses come full of worshippers. We thought they came for a swim but shock on us as they were being baptised. This kept me wondering whether it is okay or not to use swimming pool water. I again thought that its just the same as being baptised in a river.

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@Letranknight2015 (52133)

• Philippines

28 Nov 18

Well, that's their choice, but we don't go through that extent anymore. It's been a while since I've been baptised as well.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

In my church, a jug is used to pour water on the head

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

25 Nov 18

Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, which, to be honest, in those days was probably not a pristine and unpolluted waterway as all the garbage and sewage people disposed of probably washed into it when the rains came. So, no, I don't think it matters what water is used or how much. The important thing is the faith of the baptized.

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@xstitcher (32783)

• Petaluma, California

26 Nov 18

Very true. Naaman at first refused to go dip himself in the Jordan river to cure his leprosy because it was so dirty. I've heard of people being baptized in lakes and oceans. It is what is on the heart of the person being baptized, not the body of water. Besides, baptism is only symbolic of an inward happening -- being forgiven of one's sin and giving one's life to the Lord. Where the water is does not matter.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

2 Dec 18

That is very well said

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

2 Dec 18

@xstitcher Thanks for this. I was not sure it was a good thing

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@DianneN (247184)

• United States

26 Nov 18

I truly don't think it maters.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

26 Nov 18

okay

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317385)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Nov 18

It doesn't matter where a person is baptized as long as God is in it.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

True

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

28 Nov 18

maybe they should be baptized in flowing water like the river. but this is my own personal opinion

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I thought so and water without chemicals

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@andriaperry (117197)

• Anniston, Alabama

26 Nov 18

I have never thought about this. I do not know.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I deeply thought about it as I watched it happen

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@snowy22315 (182646)

• United States

25 Nov 18

Well, I think when the spirit is right, the water doesn't matter as much.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I tend to believe so but I had doubts

@jstory07 (140291)

• Roseburg, Oregon

1 Dec 18

It should not matter as long as it is water.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

Alright, Thanks for the opinion

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@sofssu (23662)

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4 Dec 18

Probably there is no river or tank near by.. But i should say this is very unusual to me.. Its the first time i have heard of baptism in a swimming pool..

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

I found it pretty unusual as well

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

25 Nov 18

I think that the priest drown me when I was christening

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I understand

@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Nov 18

It seems a bit unusual but I guess it's okay.

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@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Dec 18

@aureliah It is a bit strange unless the water has been blessed in some way. Otherwise they are just following old traditions but not in any meaningful way.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

@JudyEv Exactly. Blessings is what got me concerned and with all the chemicals in swimming pool water

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

Something about it was unusual to me

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@ilocosboy (45156)

• Philippines

26 Nov 18

I guess it depends on the preference of the pastors but not of the faith.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

No idea why I found it a bit unusual

@porwest (92756)

• United States

25 Nov 18

In the end it's all fairy tales, so no...I don't think the type of water matters.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I had doubts about that

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

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@porwest (92756)

• United States

3 Dec 18

@aureliah The water, or the fairy tales?

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

25 Nov 18

I really do not like this idea, I never heard about it before.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I have seen people being baptized in church and rivers but not a swimming pool

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

2 Dec 18

@Nevena83 Apparently its happening across the globe

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

1 Dec 18

@aureliah I know about the church, but I've never really heard the rest.

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@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

2 Dec 18

When it comes to baptism, any body of water where one can be fully submerged is appropriate for baptism and the water remains water. It doesn not change in any way.

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@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

6 Dec 18

@aureliah If we look at the examples of baptisms in the Bible there is no mention of anything special about the water. All water is a blessing from God as it is vital for life.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

That is something I did not know. I ought to think that it should have been blessed

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

29 Dec 18

@1hopefulman That is very true and it only needs to be blessed

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

29 Dec 18

I suppose its the intention that matters really more than anything else.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

4 Jan 19

@aureliah Its all about themselves and their good intentions really.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

5 Jan 19

@lovinangelsinstead21 Alright

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

4 Jan 19

I believe so now

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

5 Dec 18

Swimming pools are for swimming in. If they are used for baptizing one or more that's their choice I suppose, but it shouldn't change it being used as a swimming pool for everyone else. I've never heard of using a pool before. I hope it's a legit organization.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

6 Dec 18

@aureliah maybe they don't have a church or they started the own church and some wanted to be baptized. I think using a sink and higher would work fine too. But, they may not have thought about that.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

I did not consider it an ideal thing to do. Why not just do it in the church?

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

8 Dec 18

@MarshaMusselman No they have a church so thats another reason I wondered why they had to pick a swimming pool

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@Moon24 (22396)

• Serbia

26 Nov 18

I think is the best baptism in a river but if can not be done people baptise into the pool, it is ok. The Son of God is baptized in the river, and because of this, people think it is better and they want also to be baptized in the river.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

2 Dec 18

I think plain and pure water is much better than water with chemicals

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

5 Dec 18

@Moon24 What I have learnt in this post is it does not really matter. I would prefer a river rather than a swimming pool

@Moon24 (22396)

• Serbia

2 Dec 18

@aureliah You think is better be baptised in a river?

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Govinda Blankson

@GovindaB (249)

• Accra, Ghana

8 Dec 18

Baptism in a swimming pool? If we are to consider the 'energy flow', the river is better. In baptism one's life is given to God, and a flowing river signifies the flow of new kind of birth, thus "born again".

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

29 Dec 18

Wow! That is well thought and said

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Govinda Blankson

@GovindaB (249)

• Accra, Ghana

29 Dec 18

@aureliah Thank you buddy

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@Shellyjane (462)

• United Kingdom

11 Dec 18

No I don't think it matters I think it is all about he intention behind it.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

29 Dec 18

That is what I have learnt here